According to a new report, "The Top Cyber Security Risks", jointly issued by security vendors TippingPoint and Qualys, as well as the Internet Storm Center and SANS Institute, more than half of current cyber attacks against businesses and government agencies are focused on two common vulnerabilities.

Knowledge-based authentication — using personal information from databases instead of predetermined security questions — is supposed to be more resistant to phishing. In response, fraudsters have turned their phishing efforts to the databases themselves. Unlike the security questions users choo...

As the economy rebounds and more companies are taking an optimistic view of their future growth, the conditions are ripe for merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions among public and private companies alike. And with the appetite for buying and selling, especially in such volatile economic time...

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Learn about the strategic benefits of electronic
payments. The article demystifies the process of moving to this
model, so that corporations can accelerate cash flow, reduce
administrative overhead, improve reporting and
compliance.

The massive disruption to the investment markets that
was triggered by the demise of auction rate securities, the
subprime debacle, and the financial sector deterioration and
bailout hit many companies hard this year.